Week Two

Communication is a vital part in how we interact with one another. Communication is the act or process of using words, sound, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information (Webster, 2014). Demonstrative communication can be defined as non-verbal or unwritten forms of communication. This form of communicating involves such things as body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, and other gestures that convey a variety of messages. When communicating, the sender and receiver response to one another determines how effective or positive or negative the message is interpreted. Listening and responding during this form of communication is critical and impacts how we interact among ourselves in society.

“All verbal communication is affected by the non-verbal that accompanies it, sometimes non-verbal communication can be more meaningful than words (Non-verbal communication, 2010). Facial expressions, such as eye movement or other facial gestures, are meaningful expressions of non-verbal communication. These expressions can express emotions, such as joy, fear, anger, interest or annoyance. Verbal communication may express one message, but your facial expression may display or contradict the words being express. Facial expressions offer multiple cues to a receiver that add to their interpretation of a message. Body language is another form of demonstrative communication. Our posture can send out messages without speaking a single word. The ways we sit, stand, form shoulders, cross hands or arms are mostly involuntary or unconscious gestures, but nonetheless, affect how a receiver interprets any message send. Posture can affect how the message is received and any feedback that follows, which often determines if communication is...

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...g is vital regardless what form because it allows you to receive information to respond in the appropriate context. Your respond should be based on several factors, such as the individual, tone, and gesture as well has verbal content. Demonstrative communication is more vital to verbal communication because it must agree with what is being spoken. Subconsciously, we communicate with one another on an everyday basis by our body movement, facial expressions, or tone of our voices. A word does not have to spoke for an individual to interpret messages send. A simple smile can speak volumes.

Works Cited

(2010, September 13). Non-verbal communication.

Cherry, K. (2014). About.com/Psychology. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/nonverbalcommunication/a/nonverbaltypes.htm

Webster. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communication